Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Fall Pippin Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Fall Pippin Apple apple, painted 1860–1875

Fall Pippin is an old, large yellow autumn apple grown in colonial America. With tender, fine-grained, rich and aromatic flesh, it was esteemed as a fine dual-purpose apple for both dessert and cooking through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

CultivarFall Pippin
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Massachusetts, Plymouth, Bridgewater; California, Santa Cruz, Watsonville; Maine, Oxford, Hebron
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001894, POM00001983, POM00001984, POM00001985.

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